Where do I change the email for verification?

Rod At Work 866 Reputation points
2021-07-21T12:41:28.657+00:00

Yesterday I was trying to access something with my Microsoft account, when it asked me to go to another email account to read the security code it was sending to me so I could proceed. The email account it showed me was an old email account I gave when I first set up my Microsoft account years ago. It was with an ISP I am no longer with. Since I'm no longer with that ISP, the email is useless.

Today I logged into my Microsoft account and tried to change it, but am not sure where in the many pages of my Microsoft account, I change the secondary email address it should send messages to, for verification. How do I change that secondary email?

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-07-21T12:51:21.73+00:00

    Sign in to your Advanced security options page using your Microsoft Account.
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/how-to-add-security-info-to-your-microsoft-account-9df3f37f-3659-cbb1-75ba-6cb41c1bff45

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